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Director, Workplace Data & Insights Lead

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About this role

Location

London, Edinburgh

Why This Role Is Exciting

If you’re passionate about data and want to influence how one of the world’s leading asset management firms operates, this is your opportunity. At BlackRock, we believe the workplace is a strategic asset—not just a location—and that data and insights should illuminate possibilities, guiding continuous evolution and amplifying BlackRock’s culture and impact. In this role, you’ll turn insights into action, shaping how employees experience work, and how BlackRock delivers for clients.

What’s In It for You

  • Influence at Scale: Your insights will build how BlackRock Enterprise Services' operates globally—impacting nearly 30,000 employees and the way we deliver for clients.
  • Executive Visibility: Work in close partnership with senior leaders to influence strategic decisions and Enterprise Services' capital investment priorities.
  • Innovation Opportunities: Drive initiatives like smart building analytics, AI-assisted insights, and frictionless experiences across office environments and digital platforms.
  • Career Growth: Accelerate your career by crafting a data strategy that influences how BlackRock’s workplaces operate globally—while building an outstanding insights function.
  • Purposeful Work: Help build workplaces that cultivate collaboration, well-being, and productivity—making a tangible difference in how people work every day.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, our smartest investment is you. We help millions of people experience financial well-being—serving clients from global institutions to families and individuals. Our promise is simple: deliver clarity, trusted advice, and solutions that secure a better financial future.

About Enterprise Services

Enterprise Services provides strategic workplace solutions and robust infrastructure to deliver a consistent employee experience globally. Our team spans real estate strategy, workplace operations and facilities management, risk and resilience, corporate security and executive operations, workplace experience and insights.

What You’ll Do

  • Set the Strategy: Define the workplace data and analytics vision, aligning to firm priorities and translating insights into measurable business value (cost, risk, experience, sustainability).
  • Shape and Grow the Function: Lead a hybrid team (FTE and CWKs) including a Reporting Lead and three Data Scientists. Develop the team’s existing foundation to improve capabilities and evolve Workplace Data & Insights into a strategic, high-impact function.
  • Unify Data: Integrate sources like occupancy sensors, IWMS, badge systems, travel platforms, HRIS, and service tools into a trusted data ecosystem.
  • Deliver Insights: Build executive dashboards and scorecards; turn complex data into clear narratives that drive action.
  • Enable Decisions: Collaborate with Workplace Planning, Operations and Experience teams to guide space redesigns, capital allocation, travel policies, and service improvements.
  • Drive Governance: Establish oversight, protocols, and controls for data quality, privacy, and responsible AI use. Operate within the firm's AI governance structure.
  • Innovate: Advance automation, real-time analytics, and smart building use cases; pilot AI-assisted insights.
  • Influence & Advise: Provide thought leadership and advice to Enterprise Services' leaders, crafting strategic opportunities and supporting key decisions.

What You Bring

  • Experience: 10+ years in workplace analytics, corporate real estate, enterprise reporting, or similar domains.
  • Technical Skills: Familiarity with IWMS, IoT/sensors, data warehousing, and BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, SQL).
  • Leadership: Ability to influence senior collaborators, tell compelling data stories, and lead cross-functional programs.
  • Governance Expertise: Demonstrated background in data stewardship, standards, and adherence.
  • Business Impact Orientation: Track record of linking insights to outcomes and measuring results.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.

Top Skills

Data Warehousing
Iot
Iwms
Power BI
Sensors
SQL
Tableau

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